r/civ5

This was always a core part of diplomacy in prior versions, any idea why it was taken out?

Sometimes I think it would be nice to have it.

Hi,

Can anyone recommend a mod that allows all civs to start at their true locations on a world map? It should work on vanilla.

I have like only 90 hours in the game so far but I really enjoy the Huns. That extra production bonus on Pastures is really really good!

Archipelago or Large Islands or Small Continents sound nice but not having inland cities doesn't feel as immersive as having a variety of terrain in the game.

I’m currently the richest and most powerful nation in a 40-civ game, running both advanced units mods and improved AI mods. ​My current military backbone consists of 3 Carrier Strike Groups and 6 LHD Strike Groups. Instead of keeping them doomstacked, they are fully deployed and scattered across different zones of the map to project global power. ​The problem is, the enhanced AI is smart enough to look at my total military score and refuse to declare war. I want them to strike first. ​Since my fleet is spread out, is there a way to make the AI perceive these isolated strike groups as overextended or vulnerable? How can I bait a smarter AI into launching a coordinated strike against a superpower that is deployed worldwide?

Hey, does anyone know of a mod that will allow you to set distance to the other civ's start locations? For example, I went to start a new game but I keep getting my capital within 20ish hexes from another (restarted, same settings and get similar). My only solution so far was to pick an island or small continents map but the AI sucks on those based on my past experience.

Been trying on Pangea plus with 12 civs and 30 city states, balanced start set.

For context I was in a continent standard size immortal game and on like turn 280 and already ahead of everyone else in every metric by a decent margin and while I was expecting the second and third civs to try and attack me I got bamboozled and DoW by the two weakest civs in the game!

As expected they were not really capable of doing any significant damage (or any damage for that matter) but I found it quite an interesting situation as this never happened for me before. They even aknowledged how superior I was in their war monologue but still said something along the lines of " but I am still attacking you anyways".

So I was wondering what type of situation or variables would push the AI to make such a decision?

Been playing Civilization V for a long time, Brave New World not so long, so I'm quite sure why the pastures in one city are giving two culture but the one in my capital is giving two culture. What am I missing?

Edit: Learned that Religious Tolerance can basically double your pantheon. Thanks!

Second city's pastures

Capital's pasture

For once, I've gotten myself into a situation where basically any victory is possible. I'm around turn 400 on a standard speed game (emperor difficulty) and have a commanding lead in everything, and it's just a question of whether I would rather end the game and collect the time bonus or try and run up the score by conquest.

If I go for a space victory, I could probably be done in like 30 turns, and probably 10-20 more if I go for domination. I should be able to secure a diplomatic victory in around 15 turns or so. My gut says to go for the domination since I'm playing as the Huns and it would be the most personally satisfying, but I also would like to try and maximize my score. Thoughts?

Hello. Civilization 5 is one of my favorite games of all time and Civilization 6 was a complete miss for me. Two,,strange and controversial" mechanics from Civ5 which might be a little strange provide a good balanced experience. I am talking about happiness and the fact that after conquering a city all but 1 citizen die and all the structures are destroyed. It is extremely strange and unrealistic but... it makes this game better because it unables snowballing. In Civ 6 the more cities you conquer the stronger you become but in Civ 6 conquering cities is mainly a cost, a negative to your economy. You don't get any economical benefits because all pops and buildings are gone plus the occupation decreases your global happiness. Conquering cities is not about growing but about destroying the danger of other countries.

Settling a new city would be a better idea but at some point there is no more free space, destroying the conquered city and settling a new one on its place would remove the occupation negative but raizing cities is a warcrime and AI would imidiately hate you. Fighting enemies is not a way to grow, it is a way of danger prevention and in order to grow you still need to manage your country well and not fight others. After some time the conquered cities will start to provide economic growth of course but at the beginning it is more of a negative.

This mechanic might be illogical but it has created one of the best antisnowball systems ever.

In the case of happiness I don't even know what was the issue. It is a very logical and fun mechanic keeping empires in check. A very balanced system.

Hey everyone,
I’ve been playing Civ 5 for about 2 years now. I’m not new-new, but I’ve mostly been learning on my own, just playing, making mistakes, restarting, and trying to figure things out as I go.
Recently I watched a collab guide (RoughMercies + Babolutherking) where they played Germany on Deity and honestly… it kind of blew my mind.
What really hit me wasn’t just the strategy itself, but how they explained everything. Every small decision mattered. Every turn had weight. Things I used to just autopilot—like clicking “next turn”—suddenly felt like I was missing half the game.
They really broke things down in a way that made me see Civ 5 differently. Like, it’s not just about building up an empire, it’s about constantly making small decisions that add up over time. Even tiny details start to matter when you actually understand what’s going on.
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks to them for the guide. It genuinely changed how I look at the game.

Want to eventually 100% the game but playing the unbalanced base game state would be a bit of drag.

Is there a mod for civ 5 that relaxes or disables the happiness? I would like to go wide but happiness causes me to raze cities instead of occupy/ puppet it